I can only seem to fall in love with people who live in other countries or are otherwise completely unavailable, and I'm starting to think I'm afraid of actual intimacy.
More people experience this than they realize.
Distance becomes a requirement for love when closeness triggers fears of engulfment or exposure.
“Where Are You with Falling in love — the neuroscience and the phenomenology?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.